A discourse on the languages of Native Americans encountered by the early settlers written by Roger Williams, who was forced to leave Massachusetts and established Rhode Island. This early linguistic treatise gives rare insight into the early contact between Europeans and Native Americans.

Facsim. of 5th ed. issued by the Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Tercentenary Committee, 1936

Editorial notes from the original edition have been omitted from this edition

Originally published: London : Printed by Gregory Dexter, 1643

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